Acknowledgments
Prologue Power Doesn't Corrupt: It Reveals
Chapter 1 Sadie’s Saga
Chapter 2 Roseville’s Prodigy
Chapter 3 The Lawyer as Public Person
Chapter 4 A Force in Four Worlds
Chapter 5 Up from the Horseshoe
Chapter 6 The Celtic Chieftain
Chapter 7 Clean Government versus Hagueism
Chapter 8 Box 96: Arthur and David
Chapter 9 The Inventor’s Son
Chapter 10 The Archbishop Shows His Gratitude
Chapter 11 Haddonfield’s Mensch
Chapter 12 Things Get Curious
Chapter 13 Summer at Rutgers
Chapter 14 The Chief
Chapter 15 The Chief Supreme
Notes
Bibliography
Index
NELSON JOHNSON is best known for his award-winning New York Times bestseller, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, which inspired the HBO series, and most recently Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City.
"Breaking new ground, Nelson Johnson gives a colorful account of
the relationship between Frank Hague and Arthur Vanderbilt, leading
to the adoption of the 1947 N.J. Constitution. This is a good read
and an important book for anyone interested in N.J. history."
*Governor Thomas H. Kean*
"Nelson Johnson’s Battleground New Jersey takes a fresh look at the
personal and political forces that brought the New Jersey Court
system from a hodgepodge of ancient rules and 'Dickensian
absurdity' to what ultimately became a judicial model envied
throughout the country. The book is a compelling narrative that
both illuminates and entertains."
*Hon. L. Anthony Gibson, J.S.C. (Ret.)*
"Nelson Johnson’s new book is a must for anyone interested not only
in two of the most important New Jersey political actors in 20th
century New Jersey (including new information on Arthur Vanderbilt)
but also in the formative political events in those years that
still affect us today."
*Rutgers University School of Law, Camden*
"Battleground New Jersey is an enjoyable romp through an important
era about which most people know little. Nelson Johnson brings to
life people and events for which we have, at best, a hazy image.
His balanced presentation of the two principals, Arthur Vanderbilt
and Frank Hague—conflicting in character as they are—is a
reflection of his thorough research."
*Governor James J. Florio*
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*New York Law Journal*
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